•I have just revised my two books and built a web site to promote building a circus air-calliope and a Wurlitzer band organ. Both of the books are copyright and have ISBN numbers. They are as follows: - Wurlitzer building plans and voicing tips, Model 104/105 band organ. ISBN #0-9711303-0-2 Building...

•Bruce Pier and Robbie Rhodes have it wrong in today's MMD about the nature of Play-Rite's copying and the basis of their claim to copyright. Most Play-Rite recuts are direct copies of original Wurlitzer rolls, which were usually 10-tuners in the case of band organ rolls. And Play-Rite claim exclusi...

•QRS word roll 10-467, "Those Were The Days", from the TV series "All In The Family", played by Hi Babit, was released in January 1972. The copyright is held by New Tandem Music, issued in 1971. The lyrics begin, "Boy, the way Glenn Miller played." Jack M. Conway, Los Angeles, California, USA ...

•Hello Don, Robbie, & MMDers, First of all, Robbie has my permission to post the file of the performance. The copyright restriction notices on the performances are against commercial use, and I generally give permission to all who ask for use of the MIDI files for non-commercial use (for which an MM...

•There is a section on disc repair in Arthur W.J.G. Ord-Hume's book, "Restoring Musical Boxes" copyright 1980, George Allen & Unwin, London, Boston, and Sydney. Starting on page 128 he discusses rust removal. On pages 129 through 137 he discusses and illustrates several different types of disc proje...

•Having read Rob Goodale's comments about paying royalties on publically performed mechanical music, we already do so here in the U.K.! Firstly, all arrangers should be registered with the Mechanical Copyright Protection Society (M.C.P.S.). This is a private body that collects royalties on recorded ...

•Hi Robbie, Sorry for not getting back to you sooner but I needed to contact Wayne for permission to post his address and phone; tonight I received the okay and here is the info: HOLTON ROLL CO. - Wurlitzer Style 165 Roll Copyright 2002 Wayne Holton 1. Bugler's Holliday 2. Florintiner March 3. Be My...

•Richard Vance rightly points out that, during the 19th century, The Salvation Army adopted any popular tune [melody] that might suit it's means. This practice was curbed with the introduction of copyright laws. However, The Salvation Army's song, "Climbing Up The Golden Stair", by Frederick Booth-T...

•Does anyone reading the MMDigest remember the recording project, "Original Player Piano Roll Gems"? This looks like a three 8-track set. The tapes have a 1975 copyright by "The Crackerbarrel." Also it looks like "The Crackerbarrel" distributed the tapes. The number of the set is No. 221T and the ta...

•I have a customer with a Marshall & Wendell upright piano with an Ampico player, serial no. 103847 (this would put it about 1924). The player is just like the one in the Ampico Inspectors Reference Book copyright 1923. The piano had been rebuilt by someone else several years ago. His initial compla...

•I am familiar with the 1923 fox trot "Dream Daddy," but didn't know there was a story behind it. The Lester S. Levy sheet music site lists the tune, but won't show the sheet music itself because it is still under copyright. It does state this: "Dedicated to the original 'Dream Daddy' Harry E. Ehrha...

•-- forwarded message, please reply to sender and MMD -- Recently I came across a catalogue from 1967, copyright by Lewis Graham, entitled "The Museum of Music presents a pictorial outline of the history of mechanical music." Information at the MBSI didn't give any solutions who was responsible for ...

•Dear MMDs, So Mike Moran gave me and the MMD some more explanations about ROMFI. Although some points would need more details in the future (for example: copyright issues, who are these non-profit-minded people who decided to create ROMFI?), I thank him for this necessary clarification, and I'll st...

•Hi All, I have been receiving notices that my eBay account is about to be cancelled. They _look_ official, have eBay logos and copyright information and usually say something like: Dear eBay Member, We regret to inform you that your eBay account has been suspended due to the violation of our site p...

•To continue the thread on piano roll dates, some Welte and Duo-Art rolls have dates which I think are production dates. They are not dates of recording or copyright or catalog entry. As Charles Davis Smith's rollography on Welte-Mignon rolls points out, the Welte Purple Seal rolls almost always hav...

•Bruce Mercer said in the 05.05.26 MMD: >> I found another somewhat unusual roll: Gulbransen Instruction Roll >> #3 Fourth Edition - Martin Method copyright 1923. How many rolls >> were in this set? If anybody has an interest in this roll, email >> me. I have a couple of these sets, and there are fo...

•I hold an "Unabridged Republication" of Wicks' book, "Organ Building for Amateurs", from The Organ Literature Foundation, and I see absolutely no indication of any copyright notice in my book. It does speak of the advantage of rolling pipes from paper in the way of low cost, light weight and durabi...

•I found three QRS 78 rpm label images on a CD-ROM produced by Kurt Nauck, who's a famous 78 rpm collector/auctioneer, and I though you'd all enjoy seeing them. I don't think there's a copyright problem in showing these as they are more than 75 years old and are not designed by Mr. Nauck. For those ...

•The first second-hand copy of "The Organette Book" has been seen for sale on USA eBay: The Organette Book. Copyright March 2002. Hard cover and in excellent condition. 417 pages with some color photos and many illustrations. An extremely comprehensive reference guide for the Organette, a self-playi...

•[ Re: 060216 MMDigest, Lyrics for "Please", Imperial 08138 Robbie, Surely there's a way to legally publish the "lyrics only" for a copyrighted song? I download lyrics all the time from reputable sites. My understanding was that you could not publish both notation and lyrics together. For instance, ...